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AUSA, Army leaders cited as top national defense influencers

Leadership, innovation, technology, vision cited

Defense News has published a feature article titled "100 Most Influential People: U.S. Defense," that listed Association of the United States Army officials, AUSA members and former employees, along with current and former Army leaders as the most influential and knowledgeable Americans in the national defense arena.

Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., president of the Association of the United States Army and the 32nd Army chief of staff, was cited as the "chairman of the board of the United State Army," who for more than 17 years after retiring, uses "his position (for fourteen years) as chief of America’s professional" military association to fight for his "beloved service."

AUSA, under his leadership, is a "vibrant advocate for Army programs, soldiers and their families. When the Army wants to sell a program, Sullivan and AUSA are almost always part of the plan."

Other AUSA leaders

Rudy deLeon, senior vice president, national security and international policy, Center for American Progress, and a member of the AUSA Council of Trustees and the Defense Policy Board, who served as the deputy secretary of defense, the under secretary of the Air Force and staff director, House Armed Services Committee.

Marilyn Hewson, president and chief operating officer, Lockheed Martin, and a member of AUSA’s Council of Trustees

Linda Hudson, chief executive officer, BAE North America; AUSA sustaining member and a former member of the Association’s Council of Trustees

Mike Bayer, former chairman, Defense Industry board, and a former member of the AUSA Council of Trustees

Doug Bush, minority staff member, House Armed Services Committee; former Army officer and AUSA Institute of Land Warfare national security analyst

Mackenzie Eaglen, scholar, American Enterprise Institute, a former Heritage Foundation research fellow and AUSA Institute of Land Warfare national security analyst

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